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. >> woodruff: then, we turn to the other hot conflict in the middle east, in syria. margaret warner takes us inside the opposition forces and examines turkey's efforts to help the rebels. >> gist around this corner down this cobblestone street is a back alley where you can fiefned a whole underground economy. an underground economy that helps keep the syrian resistance going. >> brown: president obama makes an historic trip to myanmar. ray suarez looks at the asian country's steps away from a closed military dictatorship. >> woodruff: paul solman reports from the rockaways on new york's long island about insurance woes for victims of hurricane sandy. >> everything you're looking at here is destroyed. this used to be a really beautiful restaurant. >> where is the financing coming from if you don't have flood insurance? >> i don't know. i really don't. >> brown: and we close with the first of several conversations we'll have with newly elected senators. tonight: maine independent angus king. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs
. >> woodruff: then, we turn to the other hot conflict in the middle east, in syria. margaret warner takes us inside the opposition forces and examines turkey's efforts to help the rebels. >> gist around this corner down this cobblestone street is a back alley where you can fiefned a whole underground economy. an underground economy that helps keep the syrian resistance going. >> brown: president obama makes an historic trip to myanmar. ray suarez looks at the asian country's...
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so you can argue that the good news is that hamas is further away from iran and from syria. the more radical governments in the region. closer to egypt and qatar who are less radical, re western oriented, more pro-american and with open channels to israel. >> rose: so what do you think is going to happen? >> i think a new cease-fire will be put in place. i hope it will happen within the next 24 hours to prevent and avoid and do without the ground invasion with its deadly cast and then whoever takes t place of jbarras the new leader of hamas will have to impose a cease-fire. while at the same time israel will have to let go some of its blockade of gaza. and i think both sides will try the best face-saving formulas which they can deploy in that situation. >> rose: aluf, thank you so much for joining us. >> good evening. >> rose: aluf benn is the executive editor-in-chief of the israeli newspaper "ha'aretz." we'll be back in a moment. stay with us. >> rose: the fallout from the benghazi attack tonights, the death of chris stevens and three other americans were blamed on a spont
so you can argue that the good news is that hamas is further away from iran and from syria. the more radical governments in the region. closer to egypt and qatar who are less radical, re western oriented, more pro-american and with open channels to israel. >> rose: so what do you think is going to happen? >> i think a new cease-fire will be put in place. i hope it will happen within the next 24 hours to prevent and avoid and do without the ground invasion with its deadly cast and...
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third, a -- syria. third, to develop its plan to meet people's basic needs in opposition-held areas, and this team will draw up recommendations for areas for further u.k. assistance. fourth and separately, my right honorable friend, the secretary of state for international development, is looking at increasing our assistance to syrians affected by the conflict. this could include increasing our humanitarian medical assistance for wounded syrian civilians by providing u.k. funding for hospitals and mobile clinics and training for health workers. and we intend to launch new work to support victims of sexual violence in syria. this new package of support is around 2 million pounds of immediate comment. this comes on top of the training of citizen journalists, human rights advocates, doctors and syrian advocates we have provided and the equipment and water purification kits for unarmed groups that i announced during the summer. alongside the increased political and practical support, we are pressing the e.u
third, a -- syria. third, to develop its plan to meet people's basic needs in opposition-held areas, and this team will draw up recommendations for areas for further u.k. assistance. fourth and separately, my right honorable friend, the secretary of state for international development, is looking at increasing our assistance to syrians affected by the conflict. this could include increasing our humanitarian medical assistance for wounded syrian civilians by providing u.k. funding for hospitals...
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the stakes are high and the deployment of israeli ground forces and syria now threatening the stability of the entire region. >> the situation is incredibly serious. there is a danger that is spreading and control throughout the region, and afraid to say. >> with that in mind, the german foreign minister left the talks prematurely to catch a flight to israel. what's the international monetary fund is urging european governments to take a loss on their holdings of greek government bonds. the imf says the the only way to make grease solvent. >> the move is unpopular in a number of countries, including germany. taking a loss on a greek debt, or a hair cut, is illegal. the director of the imf will be having a talk with eurozone finance ministers. "she came to the philippines to talk about the asian economy, but even in manila, christina guard was unable to escape the eurozone debt crisis -- cristina lagard could not escape the debr crisis. the greek debt is expected to spiral to nearly 180% by the end of this year. by next year, it could be pushing 190%. the head of the imf has suggested th
the stakes are high and the deployment of israeli ground forces and syria now threatening the stability of the entire region. >> the situation is incredibly serious. there is a danger that is spreading and control throughout the region, and afraid to say. >> with that in mind, the german foreign minister left the talks prematurely to catch a flight to israel. what's the international monetary fund is urging european governments to take a loss on their holdings of greek government...
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has done on syria. i understand the domestic reluctance to be involved, and i do not think the region itself wants direct military involvement in syria. we need to recognize that we are facing a situation where the country might cease to exist, the infrastructure of the country might cease to exist soon with all the destruction that is going on, and we are witnessing a rise in the radicalism and particularly by radical islamist groups in the country. the sooner the regime goes, the better. everybody understands in the region that the assad has zero chance of survival. the question is what kind of serious left after he goes. the u.s. needs to be a bit more proactive in working with the russians on making sure their interests are addressed in syria. i do not think russia is wedded to assad. may be establishing a no-fly zone from turkey, may be providing direct military assistance, but something to break the region's debt lot. syria cannot afford for a long time much of the destruction that it is undertaki
has done on syria. i understand the domestic reluctance to be involved, and i do not think the region itself wants direct military involvement in syria. we need to recognize that we are facing a situation where the country might cease to exist, the infrastructure of the country might cease to exist soon with all the destruction that is going on, and we are witnessing a rise in the radicalism and particularly by radical islamist groups in the country. the sooner the regime goes, the better....
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is clearly based on the principle that they will decide who shall and shall not be the government of syria and. on all basis of historical precedent some acceptable. so the voice of all syrians then do you think it's legitimate to call a rebel bloc but i guess your answer is no. well i think the same principle applies by what right does the government the british government decide who isn't is not the voice of the syrian people plus the fact that. this new body was produced in a very strange way by the arab league which has a central mandate the preservation of the sort of sovereignty of the arab states and what you have is a small group of very wealthy states leading a process allied with western states to decide these questions which is certainly not respect for the sovereignty of an arab state. working or what is there at the moment there are groups of course within syria who while wanting assad out don't want to work with this new coalition it begs the question can the rebel you know have any success where there are so many factions within it. yes i mean i think that this is as much as
is clearly based on the principle that they will decide who shall and shall not be the government of syria and. on all basis of historical precedent some acceptable. so the voice of all syrians then do you think it's legitimate to call a rebel bloc but i guess your answer is no. well i think the same principle applies by what right does the government the british government decide who isn't is not the voice of the syrian people plus the fact that. this new body was produced in a very strange...
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still to come this hour the formation of syria's new opposition coalition still fails to unite the rubble. has no misfires and all at all refuse to recognize a blog while a growing number of western states seeing as representing all the syrian people. the drone dilemma we're in wales where residents are blinded by tests of britain's costly unmanned aircraft knowing the machines will assist in remote control killing abroad that's after a short break. texas wants to pull away from the usa in fact at least twenty states have started petitions for independence after obama won the election with well just a few voting irregularities but guess what suspicion will never happen it is a very easy thing to do decide a petition and it is another thing entirely to leave us a little civil war thing that happened back then does anyone the usa honestly think that they are governor has the ball determination to actual rebel i don't think there is a single george washington type among them well maybe just see for a tour a kind of but he's out of office how do what makes it seem like revolution or successio
still to come this hour the formation of syria's new opposition coalition still fails to unite the rubble. has no misfires and all at all refuse to recognize a blog while a growing number of western states seeing as representing all the syrian people. the drone dilemma we're in wales where residents are blinded by tests of britain's costly unmanned aircraft knowing the machines will assist in remote control killing abroad that's after a short break. texas wants to pull away from the usa in fact...
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and their reaction to it seems to be that they've got their desire to set up and islamist state in syria so that will worry western countries should give them pause for thought because of course it will increase fears that any arms that are eventually possibly sent to aid the opposition could end up in the wrong hands so one can only hope that that will give western countries just a little bit of course but thought smith first now from all the u.k. recognizing the syrian rebel coalition let's join reach him stop the war coalition good evening thanks for being with us. britain's foreign secretary today than william hague pledging over a million pounds towards what he calls communications support for the coalition do you think a supply of weapons is next. well as your reporter quite rightly pointed out these are meant for military use so they are part of weaponized in the opposition in syria so yes i think that that will be the direction which we know that they would like to go but they're worried about going because they haven't been able to have a reliable recipient for those weapons bef
and their reaction to it seems to be that they've got their desire to set up and islamist state in syria so that will worry western countries should give them pause for thought because of course it will increase fears that any arms that are eventually possibly sent to aid the opposition could end up in the wrong hands so one can only hope that that will give western countries just a little bit of course but thought smith first now from all the u.k. recognizing the syrian rebel coalition let's...
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inside syria, fighting continues to rage. the 400,000 serious -- syrians are officially rafters -- registered in refugee camps. they expect that number to double by the end of the year. the humanitarians cost of the conflict grows even further. >> this next story is nothing short of amazing. imagine you could reverse paralysis in dogs by injecting them with cells taken from inside their noses. that is what scientists in england have done with animals that have suffered spinal injuries. the hope is that humans will one day benefit from these treatments. our medical correspondent has details. >> this is jasper before treatment. a spinal injury meant his back legs were paralyzed. this is jasper today. the transformation is remarkable. his owners are delighted. >> before the event, he was a crippled the dog. he had no rear leg function. he dragged his feet. he could not move them generally. now he can stand and walk. he can make a stab at running. he does bunny hopping. >> researchers removed specialized cell from the lining of h
inside syria, fighting continues to rage. the 400,000 serious -- syrians are officially rafters -- registered in refugee camps. they expect that number to double by the end of the year. the humanitarians cost of the conflict grows even further. >> this next story is nothing short of amazing. imagine you could reverse paralysis in dogs by injecting them with cells taken from inside their noses. that is what scientists in england have done with animals that have suffered spinal injuries....
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from the syria tribune says these countries don't know who they are dealing with. this pollution as they don't control anything on the ground and you know there was one of them to be the sort of cause of the us which to make sounds right after of france and turkey by the coalition has a leader of the sort of preserver from the syrian people. fucking groups and their leader is the release the video saying that this coalition but my figures out there that they are they would keep fighting until they reach their goal which is any drugs that is syria so i don't think that they would be able to prove that program therefore we cannot talk about the rebels marching under one flag the muslim brotherhood is important member of the coalition and of the same time the muslim brotherhood is the mean backer and so forth are all the you need to bring that for it's the same brigade of the future if there is something of that ever there it's really. not clear what its purpose are for the coalition at all. take a look at some other stories from around the world violence is once agai
from the syria tribune says these countries don't know who they are dealing with. this pollution as they don't control anything on the ground and you know there was one of them to be the sort of cause of the us which to make sounds right after of france and turkey by the coalition has a leader of the sort of preserver from the syrian people. fucking groups and their leader is the release the video saying that this coalition but my figures out there that they are they would keep fighting until...
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their reaction to it seems to be that they've upped their desire to set up an islam based state in syria so that will worry western countries should give them pause for thought because of course it will increase fears that any all means that are eventually possibly sent to aid the opposition could end up in the wrong hands so one can only hope that that will give western countries just a little bit of pause for thought. laura smith reporting there live from london laura thank you very much that's how things. mohamed from the syria tribune says european supporters of the rebel coalition don't know what they ideally with. we don't know but this coalition has they don't control anything on the ground and you know the worst one of them to be the sort of cause of the whole process which did not make sense right after in france after the verdict by the coalition has a legal sort of preserve the syrian people. thinking and feeling the earth the release the video seeing that this delusion the family and this that they are they would keep fighting until they reach their goal which is an islamic s
their reaction to it seems to be that they've upped their desire to set up an islam based state in syria so that will worry western countries should give them pause for thought because of course it will increase fears that any all means that are eventually possibly sent to aid the opposition could end up in the wrong hands so one can only hope that that will give western countries just a little bit of pause for thought. laura smith reporting there live from london laura thank you very much...
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that's despite my aims that all kind of radical islamist infiltrated rebel forces i'm a have from syria tribune says these countries don't know who they are dealing with . we don't want this pollution as they don't control anything on the ground and the west want them to be the sort of preserve the us which to make sounds drive through france after the early provides the coalition has a leader to her as a sort of figure for the syrian people the fucking groups and their leader is the release this video saying that this coalition does not exist out there have been that they thought they would be keep fighting until they reached their goal which is an influx did in syria so i don't think that they would be able to grow over that problem therefore we cannot focus. on the one black the muslim brotherhood is important member of the coalition and of the same time the muslim brotherhood is the main background support for all the yearly. brigade that's part of the same brigade of the future if there is something of that not ever there it's really. not clear but it's not a good start for the coa
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ali mohamed from the syria tribune says european supporters of the rebel coalition don't know who they are dealing with. we don't. they don't prove anything on the ground and you know there was one of them to be the sort of exhibit which did not make sense drive through france and at thirty five the prohibition has a leader of this sort of propensity of people. on to groups and their leaders the release the videos saying that this provision but not because of them believe that there would be fighting on to the beach their group within it from existing in syria so i don't think they would be able to grow food to grow therefore we cannot book a whole lot of those marching on the white flag. i'm gonna stones president cause i called the united states not count ordering officials to take over the american bank prison and pipeline two months after control facility was teaching constant current. texas wants to pull away from the usa in fact at least twenty states have started petitions for independence after obama won the election with well just a few voting irregularities but guess what sus
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bombs the opposition coalition in syria displayed a clear division in their runs radical islam is going to nothing to do with the group the e.u. calls the legitimate voice of the syrian people opting instead to build their own state in aleppo. it's been another bad day for the eurozone with france tripped over its treasured aaa credit rating for a second time this year and this time the downgrade came from moody's which condemns the blokes second biggest economy as stubborn and underexposed crisis strategist margaret bogan group says time is running out for euro zone giants to act the european union economically as it stands is an unsustainable organizations an unsustainable financial and economic. so with this downgrade actually i think is pushing france and germany and some of the bigger countries to do is recreate the european union i mean stop supporting some of the other economies such as greece forty goals being italy and you know kind of regroup and recreate european union in order for the european union generally and france this typically to restate it so the economy and the peo
bombs the opposition coalition in syria displayed a clear division in their runs radical islam is going to nothing to do with the group the e.u. calls the legitimate voice of the syrian people opting instead to build their own state in aleppo. it's been another bad day for the eurozone with france tripped over its treasured aaa credit rating for a second time this year and this time the downgrade came from moody's which condemns the blokes second biggest economy as stubborn and underexposed...
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their reaction to it seems to be that they thought their desire to set up and is live this state in syria so that will worry western countries should give them pause for thought because of course it will increase fears that any arms that are eventually possibly sent to aid the opposition could end up in the wrong hands so one can only hope that that will give western countries just a little bit of pause for thought. alemao made from the syria tribune says european supporters of the rebel coalition don't know who they're dealing with we don't normally this pollution and they don't control anything on the ground and you know the west wanted to be the sort of prison for us which did not make sense right after our friends after the permission as leader of the sort of the syrian people the final groups and the readers the released this video will see that this provision but nothing because now you know that they are they were fighting the. syrian so i don't think they will they will be able to cross over. or we can watch it on the one black. one it will come in for you later on this hour on th
their reaction to it seems to be that they thought their desire to set up and is live this state in syria so that will worry western countries should give them pause for thought because of course it will increase fears that any arms that are eventually possibly sent to aid the opposition could end up in the wrong hands so one can only hope that that will give western countries just a little bit of pause for thought. alemao made from the syria tribune says european supporters of the rebel...
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unlike in the case of libya refused to go along with the american plans to overthrow the government in syria so there's a lot of pressure on china that in order to have an engagement that's that's that's stable that the united states must have a preeminence in other parts of the world like the middle east but china is aware now after libya that completely appeasing the american foreign policy designs is in fact threatening china because once the regime change ball gets rolling right it just keeps growing and so i think the chinese have a recalibrated their foreign policy especially because of the lessons learned in libya and in the middle you know drew that the you need let me put you in san francisco it's very interesting the chinese and the russians just watch the americans the strong themselves all over the world with their allies along with it you know i'm sure a city in beijing from now they want to go there really and the chinese should stay out of it ok just keep expanding their economy. well the chinese have had an extremely extremely successful foreign policy particularly in the mid
unlike in the case of libya refused to go along with the american plans to overthrow the government in syria so there's a lot of pressure on china that in order to have an engagement that's that's that's stable that the united states must have a preeminence in other parts of the world like the middle east but china is aware now after libya that completely appeasing the american foreign policy designs is in fact threatening china because once the regime change ball gets rolling right it just...
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them that they thought they were fighting until they reached their goal which is an islamic state in syria so i don't think they would be able to prove that program or with the rebels marching on the one flag it was an. important member of the coalition and of the sometimes there is the background supporter of the unity. the brigade that points you know in the same brigade of the rejected the pollution there is something of the very it's really. not clear what its purpose are for the collision at all. in rural west wales there's a noise in the sky that's driving locals crazy but that same sound the elsewhere in the world is enough to strike fear into citizens. explains all. for victims in tribal regions of pakistan's yemen and afghanistan it's the last sound heard before bloodshed ensues a constant worrying that gets louder before it becomes visible but for residents of the quiet coastal town of abba porth in west wales the sound is synonymous with daily life this is the area where the r.a.f. tests its watch keep a drone from as you can see there's one taking off behind me as we speak in g
them that they thought they were fighting until they reached their goal which is an islamic state in syria so i don't think they would be able to prove that program or with the rebels marching on the one flag it was an. important member of the coalition and of the sometimes there is the background supporter of the unity. the brigade that points you know in the same brigade of the rejected the pollution there is something of the very it's really. not clear what its purpose are for the collision...
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allen muhammad from the syria tribune told us european supporters of the rebel coalition don't know who they're dealing with. we don't ignore this pollution and they don't control anything on the ground and the rest wanted to be the sort of the us which does not make sense after our friends and. the permission as leader of the sort of people the final groups and the leader of the released this video will see that this coalition but nothing because now that they are they were fighting the. syrian so i don't think they would be able to cross over. or we can. watch it on the one black. line on our top stories and developing news for you it's from the reuters news agency we just heard in the last minute or two that gaza truce is set to be declared at nineteen g.m.t. and go into effect twenty two g.m.t. that's according to a hamas official it's being reported by reuters so maybe some big developments there will be fully across it of course gaza truce to clear that nineteen g.m.t. set to go into effect at twenty two g.m.t. we'll be across that as it happens if of course it happens it's been r
allen muhammad from the syria tribune told us european supporters of the rebel coalition don't know who they're dealing with. we don't ignore this pollution and they don't control anything on the ground and the rest wanted to be the sort of the us which does not make sense after our friends and. the permission as leader of the sort of people the final groups and the leader of the released this video will see that this coalition but nothing because now that they are they were fighting the....
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grief notion r t germany and silicone this hour the formation of syria's new opposition coalition still fails to unite the us as on the spiders in a level refuse to recognize a block wound growing number of western states representing all syrian people. texas wants to pull away for the usa effectively twenty states have started petitions for independence after obama won the election with well just a few voting irregularities but guess what suspicion will never happen it is a very easy thing to do decide a petition and it is another thing entirely to leave us a little civil war thing that happened back then does anyone the usa i. they think that they are a governor has the ball determination and the actual rebel i don't think there is a single george washington type among them well maybe just see victoria kind of but he's out of office how do what makes it seem like revolution or so session is this fun cool easy thing to do with cool slogans and texan flags flying but the reality looks a lot more like the arab spring before you put your name on the dotted line is the seed you should real
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we have the disruption in syria and how this plays out. syria being a supporter in times of hamas. this is an important moment and i think that's one of the big reasons that secretary clinton thought that this is the time she had to be in the middle east. >> and here she is at the end of her tenure, she has said she wants to leave. there's a lot of controversy over who is going to replace her. susan rice has been blamed by republicans for what may be inartful testimony, not testimony, inartful television commentary. she was reading from talking points that were prepared by the intelligence community and last night, i get calls from top intelligence officials saying, it was our fault, it was not political, they are reacting to a lot of the accusations on "meet the press." >> if you remember, we were both on "meet the press" that morning with susan rice and she said what she said and we both sort of -- >> looked at each other. >> looked at each other and said what? where is that coming from? what we knew, it wasn't coming from her. she was a pass-through. so it seems a little bit muc
we have the disruption in syria and how this plays out. syria being a supporter in times of hamas. this is an important moment and i think that's one of the big reasons that secretary clinton thought that this is the time she had to be in the middle east. >> and here she is at the end of her tenure, she has said she wants to leave. there's a lot of controversy over who is going to replace her. susan rice has been blamed by republicans for what may be inartful testimony, not testimony,...
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do syria and iran have a stake in keeping the israeli gaza crisis burning? yes? [laughter] we respect your economy of language, rob. >> ok. i would like to go back to gaza, too. i have been thinking about the landscape is shifting in the region. and the players we're looking -- they coordinate in a whole new way of kind of policy. i do not want to overplay this. the concept that we can work together to create a new reality. if they have a vested interest, it is in their neighborhood. i wonder if the outcome is don't be the end of the israeli policy in support of the strangulation of gaza and the sea doesn't break out -- and see gaza break out as the palestinian state? then what does the u.s. do about that since we don't seem to have the capacity to influence the key players on the ground that that is a bad idea? and how to reshape it? >> i think your question is of absolutely right -- is absolutely right. i do not know whether anybody was planning it this way, but i think the trends -- hamas emerging as the central power in the palestinians. that is where things
do syria and iran have a stake in keeping the israeli gaza crisis burning? yes? [laughter] we respect your economy of language, rob. >> ok. i would like to go back to gaza, too. i have been thinking about the landscape is shifting in the region. and the players we're looking -- they coordinate in a whole new way of kind of policy. i do not want to overplay this. the concept that we can work together to create a new reality. if they have a vested interest, it is in their neighborhood. i...
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in many ways, gaza reflects the kind of rivalry playing out in syria and elsewhere in the region. hamas relies on iran for military training and its most important weaponry, but there is this tension over syria. it's in syria's interest right now to see all the world's attention focused on gaza rather than on damascus to take some of the pressure off. these relationships in the region are shifting. part of what we're seeing, little gaza, it's important not just for what happens on israeli issues but the wider dynamics of the shifting sands across the middle east. >> let me ask you a question about what happens with hamas, depending how this plays out. there's one theory, dennis ross from the washington institute of near east policy said this on monday. he said one of the things that may have affected hamas' there's sympathy in egypt for what's going on. war with israel is not attractive to egypt, that there's a risk. and helene cooper said although president obama uttered immediate and public and private assurances that israel has a right to defend itself, blah, blah, blah, they'r
in many ways, gaza reflects the kind of rivalry playing out in syria and elsewhere in the region. hamas relies on iran for military training and its most important weaponry, but there is this tension over syria. it's in syria's interest right now to see all the world's attention focused on gaza rather than on damascus to take some of the pressure off. these relationships in the region are shifting. part of what we're seeing, little gaza, it's important not just for what happens on israeli...
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but first what might be a huge step for the rebels in syria. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. lisa, what do you have? >> hi there, joe. big news on this front. both the uk and france are declaring support for the rebels fighting the assad regime in syria. france has said it would consider arming the opposition while the british say they will help with political and humanitarian issues. no statement yet from the united states on the violence in syria has killed more than 37,000 people since march of 2011. and encouraging news in the fight against hiv and aids. a u.n. report shows new hiv infections have dropped more than 50% in 25 low and middle income countries. many in sub sa ha ran africa. the number of people getting anti-retro viral treatment has increased in the last two years and aids-related deaths have been dropping. and federal chairman ben bernanke says "the stakes are high when it comes to the fiscal cliff." he's urging lawmakers to act quickly. he says the $7 tril
but first what might be a huge step for the rebels in syria. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. lisa, what do you have? >> hi there, joe. big news on this front. both the uk and france are declaring support for the rebels fighting the assad regime in syria. france has said it would consider arming the opposition while the british say they will help with political and humanitarian issues. no statement yet from...
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pakistan still, obviously iran, number one, syria, what the hell is going to happen in syria, libya's not settled. the instability is widespread and i think one of the problems here is for the obama administration, particularly in a second term, what's the theory of the case, what's the overall foreign policy. what happens, they go from crisis management to crisis management. you're never going to get a one size fits all in terms of the policy but people need to know what the united states stands for. i think the president now, after winning re-election, has moral authority in the world to a certain extent and he maybe needs to use that and develop these relationships with the leaders. clearly with prime minister netanyahu, there is not a relationship of trust. there should be, and one should be built. >> president obama's currently on a tour of asia. some people think he should come back and deal with what they see as the more pressing issue of israel and the palestinians. what is your view? >> again, that's crisis management. while he's in asia, beforehand and now they need to figur
pakistan still, obviously iran, number one, syria, what the hell is going to happen in syria, libya's not settled. the instability is widespread and i think one of the problems here is for the obama administration, particularly in a second term, what's the theory of the case, what's the overall foreign policy. what happens, they go from crisis management to crisis management. you're never going to get a one size fits all in terms of the policy but people need to know what the united states...
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but as syria, as syria begins to melt down that source of support has dried up. it is primarily iran. and i suspect that that support, its minimum expenditure for maximum effort. we have seen this time and time again, when small willful organizations are prepared to act in defiance of the majority, and this clearly is going to be an issue that the israelis and egyptians will be watching as both stake their credibility on the continuation of a cease-fire that has certain structural impairments that may threaten its success. >> aaron david miller, appreciate your time tonight. thank you. and your expertise as well. we'll talk to sara sidner in jerusalem. as you know, this conflict is different than what it was in 2008-2009, islamic jihad, hamas, has the fajr 5 rockets that can reach jerusalem and tel aviv. we'll show you some of the impact of that ahead. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. if you're eligible for medicare, you might know it only cov
but as syria, as syria begins to melt down that source of support has dried up. it is primarily iran. and i suspect that that support, its minimum expenditure for maximum effort. we have seen this time and time again, when small willful organizations are prepared to act in defiance of the majority, and this clearly is going to be an issue that the israelis and egyptians will be watching as both stake their credibility on the continuation of a cease-fire that has certain structural impairments...
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you have the situation in syria that is so violent and i think israel knows that it wants to be careful not to let this out of hand. and so maybe this three party, i agree with martin, this three-party agreement could be very important and maybe a sign that in his second term president obama is going to get more engaged in the peace process. there has been talk of sending president clinton as a mideast envoy. i thought that was an intriguing idea. but at least i think this is -- these are all very good signs for the situation. >> e.j., stay with us, and martin fletcher, thanks to you. i want to bring in senator chris koonce. senator, good morning. >> good morning 0, chris. >> the senate did unanimously pass that resolution standing by israel, something you co-response arored. what do you think hillary clinton brings to this now? >> well, i think secretary clinton moving to the middle east to stand by our most important ally, israel, is an important signal of our engagement to unanimous ly r reaffirm the right for self-defense and for us to support systems like iron dome which is made po
you have the situation in syria that is so violent and i think israel knows that it wants to be careful not to let this out of hand. and so maybe this three party, i agree with martin, this three-party agreement could be very important and maybe a sign that in his second term president obama is going to get more engaged in the peace process. there has been talk of sending president clinton as a mideast envoy. i thought that was an intriguing idea. but at least i think this is -- these are all...
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formally asking nato for patriot misfiles to strengthen the anti- aircraft offensive alder border with syria. >> the foreign minister has talked with nato on the issue and they are in the final stages. there are likely to come from germany, one of the only three nato countries the patriot missiles in their arsenal. they have signaled that they would agree to the request. >> the french government has given assurances that the nation's economy is sound after u.s. credit rating agency moody's stripped them of their prize the a.a.a. status. this follows the cut by standard and poor's and it was expected. >> hollande is trying to revive the eurozone the second-largest economy. moody's had nothing good to say about france's economic prospects. they say the country has become less competitive and its labor market has turned staid. they say this makes them more bolt -- vulnerable to turbulence elsewhere in the eurozone. the french finance minister moscovici rejected the you downgrade. >> this does not put into question the fundamentals of our economy or reforms undertaken hat by the government. it d
formally asking nato for patriot misfiles to strengthen the anti- aircraft offensive alder border with syria. >> the foreign minister has talked with nato on the issue and they are in the final stages. there are likely to come from germany, one of the only three nato countries the patriot missiles in their arsenal. they have signaled that they would agree to the request. >> the french government has given assurances that the nation's economy is sound after u.s. credit rating agency...
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turkey is close to putting american made missiles on its border with syria. that's according to the head of the nato military alliance. he he expects the turks to formally request the patriot air to surface missiles in the coming days any deployment would be for defensive purposes. turkey shares longest border with syria and former allies have recently exchanged rocket fire. meanwhile syrian rebel firefighters claim they seized a military base on 00 outskirts of capital city of damascus and group of islamist within the rebel ranks claims that it has rejected the new western-backed' session group a potential major set back in the effort to topple the syrian president bashar assad. basically i just said it's very confusing. passengers on the italian airliner survived what one of them described as 10 seconds of terror when their plane hit turbulence and plunged some 10,000 feet. airline officials say it happened over the atlantic ocean on a flight from cuba to italy. sudden drop injured 30 people or so. nothing serious but just scrapes and bruises. pilots report
turkey is close to putting american made missiles on its border with syria. that's according to the head of the nato military alliance. he he expects the turks to formally request the patriot air to surface missiles in the coming days any deployment would be for defensive purposes. turkey shares longest border with syria and former allies have recently exchanged rocket fire. meanwhile syrian rebel firefighters claim they seized a military base on 00 outskirts of capital city of damascus and...
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so we confront each other over syria. one cannot rule out evolution of the situation that could alter u.s.-china russia confrontation such as the situation in gaza. a three-way relationship on beijing, washington and taipei is positive and quiet, as quiet as it's been over two decades. since that's the only issue on which there is any realistic prospect of armed conflict, and that is small thing. fifth, territorial disputes in the south china sea and east china sea are in my view the most troubling development. chinese confrontation with u.s. treaty allies, principally with japan create serious tensions and introduce unpredictability in the u.s.-china chip as well as offering an image of china's rise is unsettling to countries well beyond concerned rivals. finally, military deployments on both sides. i won't discuss those because i believe jonathan, jonathan pollack will do so in depth in his presentation. what do we expect them president obama's second term and she champagnes first. the main variable and the relationship
so we confront each other over syria. one cannot rule out evolution of the situation that could alter u.s.-china russia confrontation such as the situation in gaza. a three-way relationship on beijing, washington and taipei is positive and quiet, as quiet as it's been over two decades. since that's the only issue on which there is any realistic prospect of armed conflict, and that is small thing. fifth, territorial disputes in the south china sea and east china sea are in my view the most...
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if you look at israel's situation in the world, in addition to its enemies in iran, syria, hezbollah and lebanon. it now has a situation where a once friendly country egypt is ruled by the muslim brotherhood and the muslim brotherhood would be happy to join hamas if he wasn't afraid of an economic collapse. we have turkey talking like iran when it comes to the consequences that there is a price that israel will pay for its actions. israel has never been more alone. the world needs to know the united states stands with them. the president so far says israel has a right to defend itself and that's so far so good. but the big test, if the rockets don't stop and israel decides to do a grounds offensive will the ps back israel? that's the real test. >> what message are we sending in i'll pick it up with juan right after the break. call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. megyn: juan, your thoughts on weakness provocative and staying silent is somehow a message to the world that we may not have israel's b
if you look at israel's situation in the world, in addition to its enemies in iran, syria, hezbollah and lebanon. it now has a situation where a once friendly country egypt is ruled by the muslim brotherhood and the muslim brotherhood would be happy to join hamas if he wasn't afraid of an economic collapse. we have turkey talking like iran when it comes to the consequences that there is a price that israel will pay for its actions. israel has never been more alone. the world needs to know the...
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know right now it's very volatile there not only in what's happening in israel and in gaza but also in syria and egypt and in lebanon, frank. >> now, the u.s. government has a strong stand against hamas. so who will meet with the hamas leaders to broker the peace deal? >> reporter: that's egypt's president right now. mohamed morsi has been meeting with hamas. of course, the united states won't sit down with hamas leaders because they have not renounced terrorism. so that complicates the situation even further. but egypt has stepped up to try to broker this peace deal. there was word that there would be an announcement of some type of temporary truce a 24-hour cooling-off period this afternoon. we haven't heard anything yet. but the international community scrambling right now at this hour to try to find a way to stop these air strikes, frank. >> very difficult decision or situation over there. okay, danielle, thank you for that live report. >>> four men are under arrest in an alleged terror plot busted in southern california. the fbi says the men conspired to kill americans overseas and in t
know right now it's very volatile there not only in what's happening in israel and in gaza but also in syria and egypt and in lebanon, frank. >> now, the u.s. government has a strong stand against hamas. so who will meet with the hamas leaders to broker the peace deal? >> reporter: that's egypt's president right now. mohamed morsi has been meeting with hamas. of course, the united states won't sit down with hamas leaders because they have not renounced terrorism. so that complicates...
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victims in tribal regions of pakistan yemen and afghanistan it's the last sound heard before bloodshed in syria as a constant worrying it gets louder before it becomes visible but for residents of the quiet coastal town of abba porth in west wales the sound is synonymous with daily life this is the area where the r.a.f. tests its watch keep a drone from as you can see there's one taking off behind me as we speak in good weather the drones take off throughout the day and during the night and as you can hear the noise is so high pitched and dominating that local residents have called this area the buzz box. full of people the noise is a great disturbance because. and whining noise is certain they fly over this quite regularly the welsh government build it as a state of the art technology park that would create four to five hundred much needed jobs for the community the reality a half deserted site where the ministry of defense employs about thirty people to help test the watch keeper there is a sense of frustration in the area a number of people who were for in the beginning now opposed to it bec
victims in tribal regions of pakistan yemen and afghanistan it's the last sound heard before bloodshed in syria as a constant worrying it gets louder before it becomes visible but for residents of the quiet coastal town of abba porth in west wales the sound is synonymous with daily life this is the area where the r.a.f. tests its watch keep a drone from as you can see there's one taking off behind me as we speak in good weather the drones take off throughout the day and during the night and as...
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the conflict is out there and that they are there would be fighting until they reach their goal which syria so i don't think they would be able to grow. or we can focus. on the one black muslim brotherhood an important member of the coalition and of the sometimes the who is the main backer and so forth there will be uniquely. that at least for the scene of the future if there is something of them up. there it's really. not your regard for the coalition at all. afghanistan's president hamid karzai has ordered his top security officials to take full control of the prison and bug. so it's run by the u.s. despite an agreement to transfer politics. signed back in march. this is really an issue of sovereignty for the government of afghanistan we have to keep in mind that the prison is an enormous very controversial detention center here in afghanistan it has more than three thousand afghan prisoners who have been held there without any sort of trial or due process with the courts fifty seven of them were actually found to be innocent under the law by afghan authorities and what we've heard from k
the conflict is out there and that they are there would be fighting until they reach their goal which syria so i don't think they would be able to grow. or we can focus. on the one black muslim brotherhood an important member of the coalition and of the sometimes the who is the main backer and so forth there will be uniquely. that at least for the scene of the future if there is something of them up. there it's really. not your regard for the coalition at all. afghanistan's president hamid...
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their reaction to it seems to be that they've upped their desire to set up an islam based state in syria so that will worry western countries and it should give them pause for thought because of course it will increase fears that any arms that are eventually possibly sent to aid the opposition could end up in the wrong hands so one can only hope that that will give western countries just a little bit of course but thought. but another but they for the eurozone with france stripped of his treasured aaa credit rating for second time this year there's talk of the great came from moody's who had should condemn the bloc second biggest economy a stud with an exposed crisis strategist margaret spoken rich says the time is running out of euro zone johns to act now the european union economically as it stands is an unsustainable organizations an unsustainable financial and economic not so with this downgrade actually i think if you're seeing france and germany and some of the bigger countries to do is recreate the european union i mean stats cording some of the other economies such as greece port
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trying now to play a leading role in the israeli palestinian conflict as well as in the conflict in syria and certainly from the sense on the ground i guess is that khatami did lose a lot of face particularly with the border crossing of the arab spring tune a channel like al jazeera i mean many people say that the revolution in egypt would not have happened if it wasn't for al jazeera and so you have a country like qatar needing to reestablish itself in the arab world and so i think that is what it's trying to do now at least in this example these are the the israeli gaza conflict but this is a region that has changed and changed significantly in the last four years it's not going to be a region that is union to changes it's a region that israel is having to adapt to it has its neighboring countries with new leadership with potentially new leadership and the israelis to a very concerned about this yeah certainly a major concerns on both sides everyone keeping their eye on that region thanks for your reporting r.t. international correspondent hala slayer. well as i remember the latest effo
trying now to play a leading role in the israeli palestinian conflict as well as in the conflict in syria and certainly from the sense on the ground i guess is that khatami did lose a lot of face particularly with the border crossing of the arab spring tune a channel like al jazeera i mean many people say that the revolution in egypt would not have happened if it wasn't for al jazeera and so you have a country like qatar needing to reestablish itself in the arab world and so i think that is...
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and their reaction to it seems to be that they've upped their desire to set up an islam this state in syria so that will worry western countries should give them pause for thought because of course it will increase fears that any arms that are eventually possibly sent to aid the opposition could end up in the wrong hands so one can only hope that that will give western countries just a little bit of pause for thought. of course one of the risks of london let's get more now on the u.k. recognizing the syrian rebel coalition and talk to peace activists jim brown jim good evening. right the basic question can a rebel bloc fuld outside the country realistically play a role of a voice of all syrians as they're being branded as the u.k. foreign secretary indeed suggesting. well i think that you have to look at the entire body of international law. until very recent times because the issue of one state. interfering in another state of affairs in this way is a very central question and.
and their reaction to it seems to be that they've upped their desire to set up an islam this state in syria so that will worry western countries should give them pause for thought because of course it will increase fears that any arms that are eventually possibly sent to aid the opposition could end up in the wrong hands so one can only hope that that will give western countries just a little bit of pause for thought. of course one of the risks of london let's get more now on the u.k....
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who's member were involved in on attack on the american embassy in benghazi and sending fighters into syria, and in yemen those that were responsible for the so-called underpanteds bomber. so these different franchises while maybe not having think ability to carry out mass attacks like the 9/11 attack still can cause great violence. >> jennifer: really appreciate you coming in. thank you so much eric schmidt. >> thank you. >> jennifer: appreciate it. up next the saying it all depends on your point of view is especially relevant when discussing drones. there is a human dynamic that goes well beyond the strategy and statistics and we'll tell you about that right after the break. (vo)answer: pour disaronno into a flute glass and top with prosecco. brought to you by disaronno. be originale. unwrap your paradise. soft, sweet coconut covered in rich, creamy chocolate. almond joy and mounds. unwrap paradise. >> most of the media coverage and the u.s. government mind in the united states is that drone strikes are very precise, and they target with surgical precision particularly militants and terro
who's member were involved in on attack on the american embassy in benghazi and sending fighters into syria, and in yemen those that were responsible for the so-called underpanteds bomber. so these different franchises while maybe not having think ability to carry out mass attacks like the 9/11 attack still can cause great violence. >> jennifer: really appreciate you coming in. thank you so much eric schmidt. >> thank you. >> jennifer: appreciate it. up next the saying it all...
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hezbollah has 40-60,000 rockets in syria and southern lebanon. iron dome is qualitatively superior to anything that hamas or hezbollah has. melissa: thank you for coming on, that is all very important information i have not heard anywhere else and i hope you'll come back on soon. >> absolutely. thank you for having me. melissa: crude oil futures falling 3% after hope for a cease-fire in the gaza strip immediate concerns of supply risk in the middle east. let's hope those hopes are not premature. and chevron files and ethics complaint against new york comptroller, the oil giant says it received at least $60,000 in campaign and donations for backing an environmental lawsuit against chevron in ecuador. the stock closing down slightly. in the first auction of greenhouse gas credits, allowances for the equivalent of 28.7 million-ton of co2 sold off november 14 auction. the sales rate almost $300 million for the cash-strapped state. next on "money," hewlett-packard could owe billions in a bad deal gone wrong. but is it their fault? and who is going to
hezbollah has 40-60,000 rockets in syria and southern lebanon. iron dome is qualitatively superior to anything that hamas or hezbollah has. melissa: thank you for coming on, that is all very important information i have not heard anywhere else and i hope you'll come back on soon. >> absolutely. thank you for having me. melissa: crude oil futures falling 3% after hope for a cease-fire in the gaza strip immediate concerns of supply risk in the middle east. let's hope those hopes are not...
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four years ago it's support came from syria and iran. now it has turkey, qatar it's less dependent on iran than it ever has been. >> eliot: unfortunately i think we'll have this conversation over and over and over again. james traub and joe many thanks tonight. we'll go up the big top for the circus that is the modern gop with sam seder coming up on "viewpoint." narrator>>> current tv is "feeding the need". natalie zisko>>>el granada is a special place to learn because we have a dedicated community and a dedicated staff. and when kids come on campus everyday, they're enthusiasm for learning shines. we receive federal funding because a majority of our students are socially disadvantaged. making sure our students receive healthy nutritious lunches and breakfasts is critical to their learning. i would like to see students take more ownership of what they eat everyday and learn about their bodies and how their food nourishes them. sandra jonaidi>>> i hope that we get them early enough that they've learn some good eating habits and they go fo
four years ago it's support came from syria and iran. now it has turkey, qatar it's less dependent on iran than it ever has been. >> eliot: unfortunately i think we'll have this conversation over and over and over again. james traub and joe many thanks tonight. we'll go up the big top for the circus that is the modern gop with sam seder coming up on "viewpoint." narrator>>> current tv is "feeding the need". natalie zisko>>>el granada is a special...
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four years ago it's support came from syria and iran. now it has turkey, qatar it's less dependent on iran than it ever has been. >> eliot: unfortunately i think we'll have this conversation over and over and over again. james traub and joe many thanks tonight. we'll go up the big top for the circus that is the modern gop with sam seder coming up on "viewpoint." to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? these talking points, that the right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really? you're going to lay people off because now the government is g
four years ago it's support came from syria and iran. now it has turkey, qatar it's less dependent on iran than it ever has been. >> eliot: unfortunately i think we'll have this conversation over and over and over again. james traub and joe many thanks tonight. we'll go up the big top for the circus that is the modern gop with sam seder coming up on "viewpoint." to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the...
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running a caravan with army trucks and them leaving to take the weapons into syria. the fellow that did the movie to begin with got murdered. i agree to put some other information on -- am going to put some other information on youtube. some of it is so graphic that will have to get it myself. soldiers and democrats hate soldiers. i do not know why they hate them so bad. this movie is when to make amends with them. i appreciate your time. guest: i look forward to seeing the evidence, but one of the great myths is the weapons of mass destruction were taken to syria. i have looked at the evidence that has been available. the best evidence is the truck convoys moving from baghdad to syria just before the american invasion. what they were with the bath party records and personal wealth and all sorts of things that later were used to do fund the beginning of the insurgency in iraq. it was not weapons of mass destruction. there are films of weapons of mass destruction be used, because the dog hussain use them against the kurdish people in airstrikes years earlier. i wonder
running a caravan with army trucks and them leaving to take the weapons into syria. the fellow that did the movie to begin with got murdered. i agree to put some other information on -- am going to put some other information on youtube. some of it is so graphic that will have to get it myself. soldiers and democrats hate soldiers. i do not know why they hate them so bad. this movie is when to make amends with them. i appreciate your time. guest: i look forward to seeing the evidence, but one of...
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in the short term fighting with hamas and then in the long term when you look at potential unrest in syria, in iran, in the region generally, i think this. during this fight the united states needs to signal that we are going to be with israel and going to be a strong ally from the outset and throughout whatever difficulties may arise. martha: anyone who has watched the situation knows there has about in the past been tensions between benjamin netanyahu and president obama. is that perhaps why hillary is the one to go or is it too early for presidential involvement. >> i think it's too early. she is there to set the stage for things likely to come. we saw the president come out and issue a rather trapbg statemenstatement of support for israel. the increase in the amount of rocket fire coming from gaza, you had hillary clinton now set to meet with benjamin netanyahu, i think trying to do two things, basically, the first she wants to avoid a ground war. i think the united states government doesn't want to see this progress or escalate. second, i think she is trying to buy the united states a
in the short term fighting with hamas and then in the long term when you look at potential unrest in syria, in iran, in the region generally, i think this. during this fight the united states needs to signal that we are going to be with israel and going to be a strong ally from the outset and throughout whatever difficulties may arise. martha: anyone who has watched the situation knows there has about in the past been tensions between benjamin netanyahu and president obama. is that perhaps why...
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and also let's not forget the crisis in syria. th has been going for months. the slaughter of its own people with the international community right now appearing to be helpless in terms of trying to stop it, shep. >> out of time. thank you both. we will be back as breaking news develops. there has not been an explosion in the region according to our own reporting and those are the sources with whom we are affiliated in more than an hour. so since before secretary clinton hit the ground there have been no explosions on either side. something is in the works. what is it first of all, and can it hold? these are matters we will have more insight in the minutes and hours ahead. stay with us. police are now saying the explosion that damaged dozens of homes in the united states in indianapolis was not an accident. wait until you hear the theories. investigators are looking at a case of murder. the major players in the case and what cops are saying about those major players. that's next. >>> a quarter until the hour. cops are investigating an explosion as a possible h
and also let's not forget the crisis in syria. th has been going for months. the slaughter of its own people with the international community right now appearing to be helpless in terms of trying to stop it, shep. >> out of time. thank you both. we will be back as breaking news develops. there has not been an explosion in the region according to our own reporting and those are the sources with whom we are affiliated in more than an hour. so since before secretary clinton hit the ground...